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W. B. PLACE. I MACHINE FOR PRIMI-NG 0R GAPPING HEADS 0F CARTRIDGE SHELLS. No. 605,339.

Patented June 7, 1898.

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MAGHINE FOR PRIMING 0R GAPPING HEADS OF CARTRIDGE SHELLS.

Patented June 7, 1898.

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W. B. PLACE. MACHINE FOR PRIMI'NG ORCAEPING HEADS OP CARTRIDGE SHELLS.

No. 605,339. 7 v Patented June 7,1898.

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W. B. PLACE.

MAGHINE FOR PRIMING 0R OAPPING HEADS 0F CARTRIDGE SHELLS.

No. 605,339. Patented June 7,1898. v

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W. B. PLACE. MAGHI NB FOR PRIMING 0R OAPPING HEADS OI CARTRIDGE SHELLS. No.- 605,339.

Patented June 7, 1898.

* j UNITED STATES PATENT iOFFiICfE.

WILLIAM B. PLACE, on KINGS MILLS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR-TO "Ti-IE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY,

MACHINE FOR PRIMING R CAPPING HEADS 0F CARTRIDGE-SHELLS. p

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pate nt No. 605,339, dated Ju i -1 1898;

' Application filed March 26,1894.. .4m... 505,203. (No model-) To all whom it may'concrn: Be it-known that 1, WILLIAM B. PLACE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kings Mills, in the county of \Varren and State of I tridge-shell.

\Vith this object in view the invention (3011:.

sists in the provision of improvedmechanism for feeding the caps or primers to the cartridge-shell and setting the same in place.

The invention also consists in the various constructions,.location, and relative arrangements hereinafter more particularly described, as shown in the accompanying drawings, and finallypointed out in the appended claims.

. Reference is now had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and to the several views and reference-signs appearing thereon, wherein Figure .1 is a view in front elevation of my entire machine. Fig. 2 is'a side elevation of the same, looking from .the left of Fig. :1. Fig;

3 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the view taken on the. line y 3 Fig. 3.

.a detailed plan view of the mechanism for line x at, Fi 2. Fig.'- 4 .is a .vrtical sectional Fig.5 is

delivering the "caps or primers to the cap-setting die, the feed-chute being shown in Horizontal section and parts being broken away.

, Fig. 6 is a front viewof the mechanism shown.

in Fig. 5.

' ing device.

Similar ,referencesigns refer to and des- Ignate simllar parts wherever they occur cal section, of the lower end of the cap-feeding chute. Fig. .8 is a front detail view of the feedin g-chu-te detached from the machine. Fig. 9 is a vertical section of the same, taken on the line a 2, Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is ad'etail view, in vertical section, of theshell-extractthroughout the several views.

Fig. 7 is a detailed view, in verti- "may be suitably supported'in any convenient olted or otherwise suitably secured'to table A and rising therefrom'arc two "uprights or standards 13 and C; 'In th upper ends of standards B and O is journned in} suitable bearings the main drive-shaft D, having a drive-wheel E mounted thereon, adapted to receive rotary motion from any suitable source of power and to-"transmit=the samethrough shaft D to the various mechanisms hereinafter described. Anysntab'lejform of clutch mechanism, as i-ndicatedat F ,-Inay'be employedforjclutching or. un'c'In-tchiiig drive-' I wheel Efrom the shaftxD, and this clutch may be operated in any suitable andordinary way, as by a-foot-treadle (not shown) located convenient to the foot/0f the opeiatorand connected by red G toi'he clutch mechanism.

F, as will be' readily understood. Intermediate its bearings shaft D is formed into a crank-arm H. Apitman' l'is'attached.

- .to crank Hand isi-pi'voted to a plunger-head J, adapted to be re'ciprocate'd-in" suitable guideways'l and 2, formed in'or bolted'to the inner edges of standard B and C. Plungerhead J carries the shell-evener, the head-pen; 'forator,' the cap or primer setting die, and the shell-extractor, as will more fully here- 'inafter appear.

I willnow describe themechanism for feeding and properly presenting the sh'ellsto the several ,mechanisms by which the cap or primer is suppliedto the head. Referencenumeral 3designates a ci rcula rplate provided with'a series'of equ ally-spaced screw-threaded perforations or sockets, as at 4, Fig. 4, through the outer edge thereof. Shell-supporting pins 5, screw-threaded onltheir lower ends, are.

adapted to be received in said screw threaded. sockets. By this construction it will -beseen that the shell-supporting pins can be readily and easily inserted or removed from the sockets 4 and can also be readily adj listed as to height, as may be desired. Cheek-nuts- 6 serve to hold said pins rigidly in place Pins 5 are of a size and length to receive thereon and snugly fit inside the open end of a shell '50 Ade'signatesj a table or base-plate, which 7, as will bereadilyu-nderstood, and said pins 1 are each provided with? centralylongitudinal 1oo channel or bore 8, which may extend throughout the length thereof and which is larger at the base of the pin than at the end, fora purpose presently to be described. Table A is provided with a hub 9 in the front part thereof, (see Fig. 4,) adapted to receive in a perforation therein a shouldered pin 10, the shoulder resting upon the top surface'of the table and adapted to be received in a central perforation in carrier disk or plate 3.. Pin 10 is screw-threaded upon its upper end and is adapted to'receive-thereon nuts 11 and 12, which by means of suitable washers -13 serve to clamp carrier disk or plate 3 against-the top surface of table A tight enough to afford frictional resistance against rotation until positively moved or rotated. Ratchet-teeth v14 are formed in the base-flange of carrierplate 3, which teeth are adapted to. be engaged by a pawl 15, which is reciprocated and is held" in engagement with the ratchet-teeth 14 by means of a spring 16. Pawl 15 is reciprocated by means of the following described mechanism: Upon the end of shaft D opposite the end upon which drive-wheel E is located is mounted a disk 17, having a pin 18, adapted to be received in slot 19 in the end of a lever 20,. pivoted intermediate its ends,

as at 21, to standard B. The opposite end of lever 20 is pivoted, as at 22, to a link. 23, which is in turn pivoted, as at 24, to a block 25, adapted toslide in suitable guideways 26 27, formed in or bolted tocasting or standard 13*. lawl' 15 is pivoted to the front end of slideblock 25. f It will be seen from the construction just described that the rotation of main shaft 1) causes lever 20 to oscillate or rock, and this rocking rotation is translated into areciprocating motion by means of link 23 and the pivoted connections thereof, thus effecting the reciprocation of slide-block 25 and pawl 15. This reciprocation. of pawl 15 imparts a step-by-steppositive feed to the shell-carrier in order to present the shell successively to the action of the even'er, headperforator, cap-setter, and shell-extractor.

' I will now describe the various devices to which a shell is successively presented by the carrier; The shells which have been previouslyslipplied with heads are placed by an -I operator upon the pin--supports in the shellcarrier. The step-by-step feed of said carrier first presents the pin carrying the shell to the evener. Thisjs a. headed rod 28, adjustably supported iti'g-ga sleeve carried by plunger-head J, and serves to force the shells as successively presented. to it down upon.

their supporting-pins to a uniform distance,

or preferably until the inner face of the headrests solidly against the upper end of the pin-support. Further rotation of the carrier presents the leveledand evened shell to the action of the perforator. This comprises a punch 29, adj ustably held in a socket in the plunger-head, and it operates, in connection with the central longitudinal perforation 8 in tracting device 32. 5 adj ustably supported by plunger-head J, provided with an enlarged head which has oppositelyinclined passages 33 33 therein,

adapted to receive blocks 34 34 therein, beveled on their-meeting faces and provided with :hooks or shoulders, as shown in Fig. 10.

: These blocks are loosely. mounted to slide in .said passages and are prevented from falling fout when not in action by adjustable bolts 35 35,,as clearly shown. J is reciprocated, the lower ends of blocks j 34 34 strike the head and are forced upwardly by reason of the inclination given to'the pas- 1 sages or'chambers whichcontain said blocks. .The lower ends thereof are forced apart until they finally drop over the rim of the head, and they drop by gravity into position for 5 the hooks or shoulders thereon to engage the .head, and when the plunger-head moves in fthe opposite direction the shell 7 is extracted from its supporting-pin and held suspended .by its head, as shown in Fig. 10. Upon the next reciprocation of plunger-head J the shell the shcll-supporting-pin, as a die to punch out a hole in the head to receive the cap or primer.

through a perforation 30 in table A. (See Fig. 4.) The shell is next presented to the cap or primer placing mechanism, presently to be described, and the action of the settingdie 31. This die is adjustably held in a socket in plunger-head J and is shaped on the lower end thereof to conform to the shape of the face of a caper primer and serves to force a cap firmly into the seat prepared for it in theshell-head, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4 of the drawings. The capped shell is next presented to the ex- This comprises a sleeve two When plunger-head held suspended by its head is forced up into the sleeve by its lower end coming in contact with the head of the next succeeding shell,and

' so on upon each reciprocation of plunger-head E J, until finally the shell is forced out through 3 the upper end of said sleeve, where it strikes an inclined mouthpiece 36, which deflects it into a suitable 'funnel,when=ce it falls into a suitable receptacle.

The caps or primers are die The part punched out falls down through perforation or bore 8 in the pin and.

livered in a single row to the placing device by means of a, feeding-chute, which I designate generally by reference-sign K. This chute comprises a stationary part 36 and a removable part 37. The stationary part is preferably formed into an enlarged chamber 38, adapted to: receive therein an agitating device, such as plate. or disk 39, having a pin 40 in the face 7 thereof, (see Fig.8,) by means of which the caps or primers are forced singly into a race- This raceway is curved at its lower end (see oscillated by means of a crank-arm 42, which "way or channel 41, communicating with the p T enlarged chamber at the lower part thereof.

has a perforated flange 43 thereon, adaptedto 'receive'therethrough a rod 44, which is provided withadjustable collars 45 46. "Interposed between said collars and perforated flange 43 on either side of the latter and coiled about rod 44 are two springs 47 48. .-"Rod 44- is reciprocated by means of a pin 'on a crankarm' 49 onthe end of'a shaft-50, journaled in suitable bearings in the rear part of themachine. Rotary motion is imparted to shaft 1 50 from maindriving-shaft D by means of a suitable gearing, such as belt 51, which passes around pulley 52 on shaft D and a'pulley 53.

on shaft 50. By this construction it will. be

seen that agitating-disk'39 is rocked or oscillated yieldinglyupon each revolution of main shaft D.

I will now describe the mechanism for placing the caps or primers in position to be set in theshell-head: A circularhorizontally arranged table 54. i's mounted to rotate uponavertical support ad ju'stably mounted in hub 56, bolted or otherwise secured to table A,'

Table54 in the form shown is grooved in the outer periphery thereof and is adapted to receive therein "a belt 57, which also passes around a pulley 58 on shaft 50. (See Fig. 3.)

'Any other suitable means may be employed to continuously rotate table 54. The caps are delivered to table 54 by raceway 41 in a singluowhe lowenend of said raceway being Plate 59 is provided with a groove 60, adapted curved to properly deliver the same thereto, as clearly'shown in Fig. 7. Upon the upper ,end of support is rigidly held a plate 59 in close proximity to the upper face of table 54.

to receive the-single row of caps as they are delivered to table 54 from raceway 4l-and to guide the caps while being fed, by rotating table or feed plate 54 to the point where they 1 are fed singly into position to be seated in a shell head. .(See Fig.5.') The mechanismfor accomplishing this'end will now be described;

Disk 17, hereinabove mentioned, is eccentrically mounted on shaft-D and is provided with a strap 61, having a short arm or pitman 62. Alever 63, pivoted intermediate to its ends, as at 64, to standard B, is pivoted at its 1 upper end to a pin 65, carried by pitman 62.

- adapted to be received in slot 71.

2, 3, and 4.) Pin 72-is connected by link 73' to a slide-bar 75, adapted to slide in suitable guideways in plate 59. Plate 59 is cut away, as indicated at 76, Figs. 3, 4, and 5, and in this cut-away portion is adapted to reciprocate a head-block 77, carried by slide-bar 75. To head-block77is attached'a plate 7 8, adapted to slide inc-lose prox mity to the wall of cut-away portion it qf piate 54. The outer portion of plate 7 S "s groovedor cut away to conform to the shape'of a cap or primer and-'- is'adapted to'receive therein as one jaw of a'; I

clamp theprimcr's as they'aredelivered into the path of reciprocation thereof from the groove 60 in plate 59 by table or feed-plate 54, as clearly shown inihjig. 5'. The other jaw 80 of theclamp is pivoted, as at 81, to head 77 and is grooved correspondingly to the corner of plate 78 in order to firmly grasp and securely hold a cap between said jaws.

jaw 80 and at the opposite end to plate 78 and tends-to keepsaid jaw constantly closed upon spring 82 is attached to one endof pivoted the end of plate 78. The end of pivoted jaw projects over thecornefof plate 59, so that when head 77, carrying the clamping-plate and spring-jaw, reciprocates rearwardly the projected endof saidpivoted jaw comes in contact withthe corner of the plate 59 before the end of the rearward reciprocation is reached, thus opening the clamp against the action of spring 82. In feeding such small, articles as cartridge caps or primers it some-' times happens that the caps are notfed completely beyond the mouth of the groove 60. In such case when clamp-plate 78 is projected forwardly to place the cap in position to be set in the cartridge-head the cap is bent or injured by coming into contact with .the edge or outer wall of groove 60. In order to obyiate thislinj ury and to remove this objection I cut away the outer wall of groove '60, as

clearly sho'wn'at 83, Fig. 6, and place therein a lug or tongue .84, carried by a leaf-spring 85.

Therefore when a capv becomes wedged between clamp-plate 78 and theouter wall of the feeding-groove said wall will yield, thus permitting the clamping-plate to grasp and hold a cap'and project thesame into position to be set by the setting-die without injury .to

the cap. The operation of this part of my machine is as follows: Mainshaft D is being constantly rotated, and its-rotary motion is communicated to the cap-feedingtableby gearing 5] 57 and intermediate shaft 50. The caps are delivered to said feeding-table in a single row and are fed thereby to the point where they are grasped singly by the clamp and prosetting die. by means of eccentric 17, and its rocking'motion is communicated to rock shaftfifl, which by means of pivoted link 73 reciprocates slidebar 75 and the cap-clamp. The several meohanisms are so timed as to impart to the clamp one complete reciprocation during each reciprocation 'of plunger-head J; a

In order to prevent the perforating-die 29 from withdrawing the shell from its .-supporting-pin, -I' provide a perforated plate 86, said perforating-die operating through the' perforationin said plate 86, which thus acts as a stripping-plate, which will be readily understood. M p a It is obvious that many changes and alterations may be m ado in the details ofconstruction and arrangement without departing from fro . I 5 jected-into position to be acted on by'the cap- Lever-63 is rocked or oscillated ing them in position to be inserted in a head,

tating cap-feeding table, a grooved plate, a

. feeding table,

- said jaws being pivoted thereto, and means away portion as and-for the purpose setforth.

limit myself, therefore, to the exact details tion.

7. Inamachineof I tionary the spirit or scope of my invention. I do not shown and described.

. I atn aware of the application for a patent filed' April 5, 1897, Serial No. 630,750, for wadplacin-g mechanism in cartridge-loading machines by Gersham Moore Peters, and I Wish it to be understood that I do not herein claim anything which will conflict with the subjectmatter claimed in the said Peters applica- Having now fully, clearly, and concisely set forth a preferred form of my invention and its mode of operation,'what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isl 1. In a machine of the class described, a retating cap-feeding table, afeed-chute, means for delivering the caps from said chute to said table in a single oolumn,and a reciprocating device for feeding the caps singly from the end of said column upon said table, and placas and for the purpose set forth.

- 2. In a machine of the class describ ed,a capfeeding table horizontally arranged and provided with a groove, a vertical feeding-chute arranged to deliver the caps upon said table and into said groove in a single column, and reciprocating placing mechanism, as and for the purpose set forth. I

3. In a machine of theclass described, a rofeed-chute arranged to deliver the'caps to said table and within the groove in said plate, and reciprocating placing mechanism, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a machine of the class described,a capa cap-feeding chute arranged caps upon said table in a sincap-placing mechanism comhaving clamping-jaws, one of to deliver the gle column, a prising a head for reciprocating said head transversely the column of caps upon said table, said pivoted clamping-jaw having a prolonged end whereby said jaws are opened to receive a cap, as and for the purpose'set forth.

5. In a machine of the class described, cap feeding and placing mechanism comprising a continuously-rotating table, a stationary grooved plate, and a head having clampingjaws adapted to reciprocate across the top of said table and transverse to the groovein said plate, and means for delivering the caps singly to said table and within said groove, as and for the purpose set forth. 6. Inamachine of the class described, astationary grooved feeding-plate provided with a yielding part in the wall of said groove, as and for the purpose set forth.

the class described, a stagrooved feeding-plate having a portion of the wall of said groove cut away, in combination with a spring-supported lip or tongue adapted to be received in said out- .and means operated by 8. In a machine of the class described, a capplacing device comprising a head, a plate secured to said head and grooved or cut away in one of the projecting corners thereof, a spring-pressed jaw pivoted to said head, said jaw provided with an extended end and also grooved to correspond with the groove in said plate and adapted to form therewith a clamp, and means for reciprocating said head, and means adapted to engage the extended end of said pivoted jaw at the limit of movement of said head, whereby it is rocked about its pivot to open said jaws, as and for the purpose s'et forth..

9. In a machine of the class described, a main driving-shaft, a rotary eccentric mounted thereon, a reciprocating cap-placin g clam p said eccentric for reciprocating said clamp, as and for the purpose set forth.

10. In a machine of the class described, a

main driving-shaft, an eccentric and strap mounted thereon, a lever pivoted intermediate its ends and connected at one end to said strap, a cap-placing clamp and means operated by the other end of said lever for reciprocating said clamp, as and for the purpose setforth.

11. In a machine of the class described, a rock-shaft, a slotted crank-arm carried thereby, a cap-placing clamp, a link pivoted at one end to the clamp and at the other end attached to said slotted crank-arm, and means for rock ing said rock-shaft, whereby said clamp is reciprocated, as and for 12. In a machine of the class described, a

' feeding-chute having an enlarged chamber, a

cap-agitating disk arranged in said chamber having a flanged crank-arm connected to the hub thereof, a r6d adapted to pass through a perforation in said flange and having collars, springs interposed between said flange and collars, and means for reciprocating said rod comprisinga rotating shaft and a crank-arm thereon, all combined and arranged as and for the" purpose set forth.

13. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a table having a perforathe purpose set forth.

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tion thereth rough, of a punch arranged to opcrate in line with said perforation,and a shellsupporting pin adapted to present the shells to the action of said punch, said pin provided with a central longitudinal bore increasing in size from one end to the other, as and for the purpose set forth.

14:. In a machine of the class described, a shell-feeding disk provided with suitably spaced screw-threaded perforations through the outer rim thereof, and longitudinallybored shell-supporting threaded sockets, as and for the purpose set forth.

15. In a machine of the class described, a feeding-chute, an agitating-disk arranged therein, a flanged crank-arm connected to said disk, a rod arranged to pass through a thereth rough pins screw-threaded at the lower end, to be received in said screwperforation in said fiange, means for reciproeating said rod and springs interposed between said rod and flange, as and for the purpose set forth.

16. In a machine of the class described, a cap-feedin g device comprising a table, means f or delivering the caps thereto in a single column, areciprocati'ng clamp having a pivoted jaw adapted to grasp the caps singly from the end of said column, and to place them in position to be inserted in a shell, and connections for reciprocating said clamp, as and for the purpose set forth.

17. In a machine of the class described, a main driving-shaft, a reciprocating cap-feeding device comprising a clamp having a pivoted jaw, means for reciprocating said device from said shat,a cap-feeding chute arranged to deliver the caps to said feeding device in a single column, means actuated by said main shaft, for feeding the caps singly down said chute, and means whereby the pivoted jaw of said clamp is opened at one limit of movement of said clamp to receive a cap therein, as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this thevlOth day of March, 1894, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.-

WILLIAM B. PLACE.

Witnesses:

HIBAM A. Bonn, GRANT SMITH. 

